Kewaunee Post Office

Kewaunee Post Office
Location 119 Ellis St., Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°27′30″N 87°30′3″W / 44.45833°N 87.50083°W / 44.45833; -87.50083Coordinates: 44°27′30″N 87°30′3″W / 44.45833°N 87.50083°W / 44.45833; -87.50083
Area less than one acre
Built 1940 (1940)
Built by Melick, Neal A.
Architect Simon, Louis A.
Architectural style Modern Movement
MPS United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
NRHP Reference # 00001247[1]
Added to NRHP October 24, 2000

The Kewaunee Post Office is located in Kewaunee, Wisconsin at 119 Ellis Street. The building was designed Louis A. Simon and built by Neal A. Melick.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building contains the mural "Winter Sports", painted by Paul Faulkner in 1940, and funded as part of the New Deal.[3]

Door to the Postmasters office, above which is the mural "Winter Sports", painted by Paul Faulkner in 1940, and funded as part of the New Deal.

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Causier, Charles W.; Jurkiewicz, Joseph G. (1993-12-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kewaunee Post Office" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  3. ↑ Lorance, Nancy. "New Deal/WPA Art in Kewaunee, Wisconsin". Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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